Smith



(No Model.)

G. A. GOLDSMITH.

- PEN HOLDER.

Not. 351,832. Pa tented Nov. z, 1886.

WITNESSES: VINVENITOR I 71/ '/AM ATTORIWI V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVUS A. GOLDSMITH, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

PEN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,832, dated November 2, 1886.

' Application filed July 23, 1886. Serial No. 208,837. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVUS A. GoLn-. sMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pens; of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in pen-holders, and has special reference to the construction of the tip and elastic nib thereof and the method of attaching the elastic nibin the-tip.

Heretofore the elastic nib has mostly been held to the tip by First. The simple elastic expanding of the nib. This method is insecure and also practieally requires that the tip should be either seamless or of stiff and'ex'pensive metal.

Second. By placing the nib within the tip; then punch-ing a hole through both, and then passing a rivet through the hole and riveting it. This method requires two operationsone to punch the hole and the other to introduce and secure the rivet. Moreover, such riveted tips are usually quite insecure so far as the holding of the nib is concerned,bccause of the mechanical difficulties which attend properly upsetting the inner ends of the rivets,c'onsidering the rapidity with which this must be done to secure necessary cheapness.

Third. A hole has been made in the nib and then the metal of the external tip has been punched into this hole. This method is quite satisfactory iuits results, but requires three operations: First,punching the hole in the nib; second, properly registering this hole with the punch; and, third, operating the punch.

By my invention I secure the said parts to each other in a most efl'ective manner by one, and that a Very simple operation.

Figure lillustrates a side plan elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 illustrates a longitudi ,from both the tip and the nib and bends them down inwardly, one extending forwardly and the other rearwardly. A part of the Inetal,D, is left unaltered between these two bent-down pieces. Thus the nib is securely locked either against inward or outward movement by the simple and single operation of the punch.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The described method of constructing A suitably-constructed mandrel is g pen-holdertips,consisting in inserting the nib within the tip, and then by a single mechanical operation cutting out and interlocking portions of the tip and the nib, whereby the nib will be locked relative to the tip both inwardly-and outwardly.

2. As anew article of manufacturetlieherein-described pen holder, consisting of handle 0, tip A, nib B, the nib B and tip A being united to each other by inwardlydepressed portions D D, cut from both the tip and the nib, and running lengthwise there0f,and pointing in opposite directions, and a portion of the tip left between the said depressed portions and in substantially itsoriginal position, as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 20th day of July. A. .D. 1886.

GUSTAVUS A. GOLDSMITH.

\Vitnesses:

J OHN H. IVES, CHARLES B. WEBERG. 

